Ingredient file // Named animal protein
Sardine Meal
A concentrated meal rendered from whole sardines.
Our read // In our catalog
In 1 of every 307 foods we track
Share of foods that list it
0%
10 of the 3,068 foods with an ingredient list on file, from 5 brands. All dry dog food.
Each square is 1% of the catalog
Where it sits on the label
Median position 4. In the top five of 6 foods, so it is usually a main ingredient.
Above the salt
Almost always listed before the salt, so there is more of it than a pinch.
Price per lb
Median of the cheapest bag price across 9 priced foods, 10% above the catalog. The price is the food's, not the ingredient's.
Who leans on it
30%
of the foods that list it are from Nature's Logic. 5 brands use it in total.
What it is
Why it turns up in dog food
- Loaded with EPA and DHA, from a fish small enough that contaminants barely build up.
Who uses it
Brands, best sellers and the company it keeps
Top brands, by foods that list it
Usually listed with, share of the foods that list it
- Salmon 50%
- Salmon Meal 40%
- Millet 40%
- Canola Oil 40%
- Flaxseed 30%
- Yeast Culture 30%
- Montmorillonite Clay 30%
- Spray Dried Porcine Plasma 30%
- Dried Kelp 30%
- Peas 30%
- Herring Meal 20%
- Pollock Meal 20%
On the shelf
Foods that list it
10 foods in our reviews list it. Here are some of them.